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Why Blue windows?
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 4 May 2000 07:18:51 GMT
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Why are a large portion of the windows in Lego sets a light blue color? Does
anyone know?
Thanks,
Dan
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Message has 4 Replies:
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| I think they want to make it look like glass without being totally transparent, so they give it a light blue tint so you see its glass (clear barrier). My (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Why Blue windows?
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| (...) It's so those sometimes klutzy minifigs see that there is glass there, and don't accidentally run into them. :-) Gary Istok (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Why Blue windows?
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| (...) My thoughts on that the light blue color: 1) emulates the look of glass in sunlight a little better (Reflections of the sky and all that) 2) The blue tint helps to hide defects in the ABS 3) The blue isn't subject to the yellowing that older (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Why Blue windows?
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| (...) I think they do it to mimick the real world to a degree. A lot of the glass made these days is tinted, and much of the time one doesn't really notice. Newer house windows often use a more reflective type (which ends up being tinted) to reflect (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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